EP0086886A3 - Hierarchical data storage system for digital computers - Google Patents

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EP0086886A3
EP0086886A3 EP82111448A EP82111448A EP0086886A3 EP 0086886 A3 EP0086886 A3 EP 0086886A3 EP 82111448 A EP82111448 A EP 82111448A EP 82111448 A EP82111448 A EP 82111448A EP 0086886 A3 EP0086886 A3 EP 0086886A3
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Michael Howard Hartung
Gerald Ellsworth Tayler
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F12/00—Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F12/02—Addressing or allocation; Relocation
    • G06F12/08—Addressing or allocation; Relocation in hierarchically structured memory systems, e.g. virtual memory systems
    • G06F12/12—Replacement control
    • G06F12/121—Replacement control using replacement algorithms
    • G06F12/123—Replacement control using replacement algorithms with age lists, e.g. queue, most recently used [MRU] list or least recently used [LRU] list
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F12/00—Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F12/02—Addressing or allocation; Relocation
    • G06F12/08—Addressing or allocation; Relocation in hierarchically structured memory systems, e.g. virtual memory systems
    • G06F12/0802—Addressing of a memory level in which the access to the desired data or data block requires associative addressing means, e.g. caches
    • G06F12/0804—Addressing of a memory level in which the access to the desired data or data block requires associative addressing means, e.g. caches with main memory updating
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F12/00—Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F12/02—Addressing or allocation; Relocation
    • G06F12/08—Addressing or allocation; Relocation in hierarchically structured memory systems, e.g. virtual memory systems
    • G06F12/0802—Addressing of a memory level in which the access to the desired data or data block requires associative addressing means, e.g. caches
    • G06F12/0866—Addressing of a memory level in which the access to the desired data or data block requires associative addressing means, e.g. caches for peripheral storage systems, e.g. disk cache
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2212/00—Indexing scheme relating to accessing, addressing or allocation within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F2212/31—Providing disk cache in a specific location of a storage system
    • G06F2212/312—In storage controller
EP82111448A 1982-02-24 1982-12-10 Hierarchical data storage system for digital computers Expired EP0086886B1 (en)

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